Lewis Jardine wrote: > what you want to do is distribute it so that whoever received it also > has the option of choosing GPL or MPL. > > If you were to pick either GPL or MPL, and not modify the work, does the > recipient only have your choice of licence to pick from, or can they > still choose either?
I guess it depends on whether your actions complied with both licenses. If you didn't follow a GPL requirement but did everything the MPL demanded, then I would say you implicitly chose the MPL option. The GPL then terminates (because of your noncompliance) and only the MPL then governs the work you distributed. > Does this change if the way you distributed the work is not compatible > with the other license? > > Does this change if you modified the work? I think it's more clear in such a situation. For example, I can integrate the software into something else to create what the MPL calls a "Larger Work". Such a work might be a "work based on the Program" in the GPL's terminology. In such a case, the MPL says I can license the Larger Work under my own terms (if I follow the MPL for the originally-MPL parts), but the GPL says I must apply the GPL's terms to the work as a whole. If I now do not release source of the work as a whole, I comply with the MPL but not the GPL. This can only mean one thing: I elected the option to use the work under the MPL. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch & European patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]